Signed-off-by: Dominick Grift <dominick.grift@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- src/objects.md | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/objects.md b/src/objects.md index 58664ef..aadb539 100644 --- a/src/objects.md +++ b/src/objects.md @@ -110,14 +110,20 @@ objects is managed by the system and generally unseen by the users (until labeling goes wrong !!). As processes and objects are created and destroyed, they either: -1. Inherit their labels from the parent process or object. +1. Inherit their labels from the parent process or object. The policy + default type, role and range statements can be used to change the + behavior as discussed in the [**Default Rules**](default_rules.md#default-object-rules) + section. 2. The policy type, role and range transition statements allow a different label to be assigned as discussed in the [**Domain and Object Transitions**](domain_object_transitions.md#domain-and-object-transitions) section. 3. SELinux-aware applications can enforce a new label (with the policies approval of course) using the **libselinux** API - functions. + functions. The `process setfscreate` access vector can be used to + allow subjects to create files with a new label programmatically + using the ***setfscreatecon**(3)* function, overriding default + rules and transition statements. 4. An object manager (OM) can enforce a default label that can either be built into the OM or obtained via a configuration file (such as those used by @@ -269,6 +275,20 @@ and manage their transition: `type_transition`, `role_transition` and `range_transition` +SELinux-aware applications can enforce a new label (with the policies +approval of course) using the **libselinux** API functions. The +`process setexec`, `process setkeycreate` and `process setsockcreate` +access vectors can be used to allow subjects to label processes, +kernel keyrings, and sockets programmatically using the +***setexec**(3)*, ***setkeycreatecon**(3)* and +***setsockcreatecon**(3)* functions respectively, overriding +transition statements. + +The `kernel` and `unlabeled` **initial security identifiers** are used +to associate specified labels with subjects that were left unlabeled +due to initialization or with subjects that had their label +invalidated due to policy changes at runtime respectively. + ### Object Reuse As GNU / Linux runs it creates instances of objects and manages the -- 2.27.0